Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Migrant influx shifting but no let-up: Frontex - France24 spin: West has no choice until it solves world wars and poverty --tma

WARSAW (AFP) -

The migrants pouring into Europe have changed routes: the crossing between Turkey and Greece is practically closed, but ever greater numbers are risking their lives to cross the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy.

A criminal industry has flourished, while the European Union has beefed up its border agency Frontex to try to check the mass migration.

Frontex is at once both good cop and bad cop, rescuing migrants from sinking boats but also dropping them off at welcome centres where they risk being sent back home. ...